Axa Private Equity has appointed Benoit Verbrugghe as senior managing director, head of the New York office. Verbrugghe will be responsible for helping to further expand Axa Private Equity’s business in North America. Previously, Verbrugghe was a managing director based in Axa Private Equity’s Paris office where, as part of
Law firm Dechert has hired James Waddington in London as a partner. Prior to joining Dechert, Waddington was a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Waddington advises commercial and investment banks and private equity and hedge fund clients in connection with finance and derivative transactions, credit default swaps, lending
Venture capital firm Energy Ventures has strengthened its international oil and gas team with two appointments. Shantanu Agarwal joins the Aberdeen-based team as an associate while Kristian Lier will be based in Houston as investment manager. Agarwal joins Energy Ventures from Schlumberger when he held different positions, including business
Evolution Group, a UK investment bank, has appointed Steve Bartlett as head of private company and private equity coverage. Bartlett will be responsible for leading Evolution’s growing focus on private companies and the private equity market. He will report to Garry Levin, Evolution’s newly appointed head of the corporate finance
Financial services firm Perella Weinberg Partners has named Jeffrey Silverman a partner of the firm, effective immediately. Silverman will join the senior management team of the firm’s asset management business and will be based in New York. Silverman has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry.
Growth equity firm General Atlantic has appointed John Arlotta, former chairman and chief executive of Coram and NeighborCare, as a special adviser. Arlotta will support General Atlantic’s approach to partnering with growth companies in the healthcare sector. Arlotta joins General Atlantic’s network of healthcare-focused current and former special advisers, which
Clydesdale Bank has expanded its corporate and structured finance team in London and the South with five senior appointments. Tony Tozzi, Ian George and Marcos Theodosiou have joined as directors while Mike Budge and Jonny Baxandall have been appointed as associate directors. Tozzi, who will lead the team’s push
Law firm CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has elected six new partners. Jean-Robert Bousquet (pictured) started his career at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre’s Berlin office in 1999. He then spent five years at Debevoise & Plimpton (Paris and New York) before joining the corporate department at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre in
Tatum, an executive services firm and division of SFN Group, has appointed Joe Burkhart as managing director of private equity. He will be combining forces with Tatum’s west coast private equity practice leader, James Hickey, and will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with investment banks, private equity funds
Sarath Sathkumara has joined Taiyo Pacific Partners as a managing director to help evaluate and capitalise on new investment opportunities in Asia. Sathkumara has over 25 years of experience in international capital markets and investing. Most recently, Sathkumara was the chief investment officer of SBI Venture Capital in Singapore, the
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